The Furminator used to cost over $60 at the local Petsmart, so I took the cheap route and opted to buy a knock-off brand; thinking since they both looked similar they would probably perform the same as well. The knock-off brand worked fine as far as I knew, but I always wondered about the Furminator…especially with all the youtube demonstration videos.
Well, after finding a brand new, Large sized Furminator on sale on Amazon for only $21.99, I decided to take the plunge…and all I can say is WOW! What a huge difference. Interestingly enough, I just saw the Furminator at Petsmart still selling for $59.99.
I have a 3 yr old German Shepherd, and the Furminator does such a great job of removing both loose undercoat and top coat fur with little effort. With the cheap knock-off, I really had to apply a decent amount of pressure during each brush stroke just to get the thing to pick up my shepherds loose undercoat, but the Furminator requires very little pressure…actually they recommend against using forceful pressure during brush strokes. Just a few brush strokes with the Furminator removed a ton of undercoat hair from my shepherd, so much more than an entire session with the cheap knock-off brand. The Furminator is a solid tool and seems to have a much higher quality brush blade than the knock-off brand.
Take my advice and don’t waste your money on the cheaper alternative, they do not work like the Furminator…especially now that you can buy a large-sized Furminator for only $21.99.
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